instance list

jrandalljrandall Posts: 35
edited September 3, 2009 2:27PM in SQL Dependency Tracker
How does one manage the SQL Server instance list? I want to delete/drop a SQL Server instance ( 2 actually) that no longer exists. I can add an instance, how do I drop one?
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  • Matthew FlattMatthew Flatt Posts: 255 Bronze 5
    Hi Jrandall,

    From what I'm aware there isn't a guaranteed way of removing servers from this list. It seems to get cached eventually disappears after a period of time. Have you tried rebooting the machine that runs SQL Dependency Tracker? I know that has worked previously but not all of the time.

    Sorry I can't be more help!
    Matthew Flatt
    Redgate Foundry
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  • jrandalljrandall Posts: 35
    I'm running Dependency Tracker on my laptop. It gets rebooted daily. I hadn't run Dependency Tracker in weeks.
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  • Matthew FlattMatthew Flatt Posts: 255 Bronze 5
    Hi,

    Do you have those servers still added to SSMS/Enterprise Manager/Query Analyzer? If they are added there that would cause them to always appear in the Dependency Tracker list. Removing them may do the trick. Also if you let SSMS/EM search for servers do those appear?

    Thanks
    Matthew Flatt
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  • jrandalljrandall Posts: 35
    Finally figured this out. I had previously removed those servers from my alias list in SQL Server Configuration Mgr. Forgot I still had them listed as Registered Servers in SSMS. That is where Dependency Tracker was picking them up. When I deleted them as registered servers, they no longer appeared in Dependency Tracker
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